For Expecting Mothers
Donate Your Birth Tissue Safely After Delivery
Help patients heal and advance medical care by donating unused birth tissue after delivery, at no cost and with no impact on you or your baby.
A Safe and Guided Donation Process
Safe and Meaningful
Birth tissue donation is a safe and gentle process that takes place after your baby is born. Only unused tissue after delivery is donated, and nothing about your birth experience, care, or time with your newborn is changed. Your donation offers hope and healing to others in need.
Guided Process, Handled with Care
Life Line Stem Cell’s trained staff guide you through each step — from completing simple consent forms to respectfully collecting the birth tissue after delivery. Donation is always free and handled with care and respect.
Treat Life-Threatening Illness
Supports treatments for serious illnesses, including cancers, blood disorders, and auto-immune diseases. These innovative therapies help patients where traditional treatments fall short.
Restore Sight & Heal Wounds
Help repair damaged eye surfaces, protect burn patients, and support faster wound healing. These treatments restore function, reduce complications, and improve quality of life for patients in recovery.
Support Recovery & Reconstruction
Helps patients recover after surgery by reducing complications and supporting tissue repair and reconstruction. These treatments aid healing and help patients regain comfort, function, and confidence.
Advance Medical Research
Fuel medical research, drives new treatments, improves existing therapies, and expands options in patient care. This work helps shape the future of medicine.
Find a Participating Hospital
Life Line Stem Cell partners with hospitals to ensure birth tissue donation is handled safely and respectfully. Check to see if your hospital is included on our list of partners. If you don’t see your hospital, you can download and print a simple form to share with your doctor — our team is happy to help guide the next steps.
Frequently Asked Questions
No. Donation happens after your placenta is delivered – once your focus is right where it belongs, on your new baby. Life Line Stem Cell’s trained staff handle the entire process – from consent to collection – working in a separate, designated area so your delivery team’s care and your birth plan are never disrupted.
No. Donation is always free – there’s no cost to you or your hospital, ever.
Collection takes place after your placenta is delivered. A Life Line team member will have already requested permission to be in the room, walked you through a simple FDA-approved consent form, and once the placenta arrives, they collect the cord blood and birth tissue in a designated area — separate from your recovery.
Most healthy mothers delivering at a Life Line partner hospital are eligible. A brief medical history questionnaire helps confirm your donation meets FDA safety standards – the same standards that govern all donated tissue used in clinical care. Not sure if your hospital partners with Life Line? Call (260) 749-9105 or our hospital page to find out.
No. Cord blood and birth tissue donation has nothing to do with cloning. The cells collected are simply stored or used to support treatment and research – they are never used to create a copy of your baby. This process is safe, regulated, and focused entirely on healing.
Still have questions? Our team is here to help — and we’ll guide you every step of the way. Call Us: 260-749-9105
Ready to Get Started?
Take the first step toward donating unused birth tissue after delivery. A Life Line Stem Cell specialist will guide you through next steps, answer questions, and help coordinate the process.